<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">As GAE said this isn?t about us pushing a fundamental Christian philosophy; it?s about freedom, personal liberties and what the Founding Fathers really meant by ?Freedom of Religion?. Please note that it is not ?Freedom from Religion?. What this means is there will be no state supported religion, which includes the religion of government (socialism) and the religion of no god (atheism).Originally posted by LanDroid:
Does anyone else find it strange that Trav & GAE, two followers of Ayn Rand have been peppering this board with admonitions to strengthen the power of Christianity? The woman was psychotically opposed to religion or supernatural superstitions of any sort. 'Er well except perhaps worshipping the dollar...
Why do you support your right to glorify your belief in nothing, a Muslim?s right to believe in Allah and a Buddhist?s right to believe in Buda, but not a Christian?s right to believe in Christ? Why do you think it?s OK for every belief but Christianity to be taught to children in public schools?
Could it be that the Judeo/Christian religions? mores, which by the way this country was founded on, go against your socialist leanings? Could it be that these mores teach personal responsibility and not the liberal mantra ?If it feels good, do it?? Could it be that these mores teach that all life is precious, even the ones still in the womb? Could it be that these mores offend your beliefs?
I am not a ?Christian? in the traditional sense and I believe that all forms of organized religion, which includes atheism (read the history of Josef Stalin) have caused more death and pain in the world than any other manmade institution. Yes, I say manmade because all forms of organized religion are about earthly power and control with atheism, Islam and Catholicism right at the top of the list.
The United States of America is a Democracy and as such, is ruled by majority not minority. And as the last elections proved, the majority of people in this country are Christian, whether you like that or not.
Today?s political correctness, in its persecution of Christians is as atrocious as the Puritans persecution of ?witches? or the Spanish Inquisition?s persecution of Jews. While PC is not as bloody, its purveyors are just as rabid.
Just to set the record straight, if the Christian fundies tried to force me to walk in the river and praise Jesus, I?d be posting articles pointing out their narrow mindedness.
Main Entry: de?moc?ra?cy
Pronunciation: di-'m?-kr&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Etymology: Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek dEmokratia, from dEmos + -kratia -cracy
1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2 : a political unit that has a democratic government
3 capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the U.S.
4 : the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority
5 : the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges
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<font color="#a52a2a" size="1">[ December 04, 2004 07:11 AM: Message edited by: travelinman ]</font>
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